tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863648101003146326.post8597917442829610674..comments2024-01-22T04:28:35.112-05:00Comments on Old Elmhurst, New York: Dongan AvenueOld Elmhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15858647205234050570noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863648101003146326.post-53152068205665937592011-04-24T20:39:51.821-04:002011-04-24T20:39:51.821-04:00I also grew up on Dongan Avenue and have fond memo...I also grew up on Dongan Avenue and have fond memories of playing and hanging out on the steps of the "White House". My parents still live there and I visit them several times a week. I was there when it burned down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863648101003146326.post-82937989509328010132010-08-30T19:40:27.775-04:002010-08-30T19:40:27.775-04:00I would like to see that photo, my father was actu...I would like to see that photo, my father was actually the super of the white building for 25 years and I've always wondered what was back there in what I and most the young people on the block call the Jungle!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10911975939431176302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863648101003146326.post-33613788887009125892009-07-03T00:28:11.234-04:002009-07-03T00:28:11.234-04:00I grew up on that block since age of 8, played aro...I grew up on that block since age of 8, played around that house, which was referred to as the "White House." Also, last Claremont Terrace depicted was boyhood home of my uncle. Before that, was owned by Lord of Lord and Taylor notoriety.It was demolished few years back without publicity, now replaced by ugly brick structure without new work done in few years.Last Mohicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066991490240446212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863648101003146326.post-63917718260622207602009-01-07T14:54:00.000-05:002009-01-07T14:54:00.000-05:00I lived on Dongan Avenue for many years (34)!1 I d...I lived on Dongan Avenue for many years (34)!1 I do remember that futuristic looking building. It used to be a office building (architect firm) that was vacated by them in the mid 80's. It was sadly burned down on the Fourth of July a few years later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com